The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility

by Elliott M. Simon

The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement. It is a poignant reflection of idealized aspirations and actual limitations of the human condition. It is also a prominent framing text for the interpretation of classical and patristic literature, medieval allegorical and alchemical interpretations of mythology, and humanist philosophical, educational, and utopian ideologies, and erotic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611473489
• ISBN13: 9781611473483
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"